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Improvement in. Combined Cultivator and Planter. No. 122,861.Patntedlan.16,1872.

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EMANUEL SPANGLER, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED CULTIVATORS AND PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,861, dated January16, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL SPANGLER,

of York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and valuable Improvement in Combined Cultivator and Planter; and Ido hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a vertical longitudinalsection of my invention arranged for sowing broadcast. Fig. 2 is a sideview of devices used for sowing in drills. Fig. 3 is an under-side viewof corn-planter attachments. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectionof my invention, adapted to the planting of corn. Fig. 5 is anunder-side view, showing my invention adapted to the cultivation ofsprouting corn. Fig. 6 is a detail view, showing device used withsprouting-corn cultivator. Fig. 7 is a detail view, showing devices usedwith my invention as a cultivator. Fig. 8 is a view showing arrangementof devices to adapt my invention to use as a cultivator of grown corn.

My invention has relation to an improved combination agriculturalimplement; and the novelty consists in the construction, adaptation, andarrangement of certain interchangeable and co-operative devices, by theproper use and application of which the said implement may be employedinterchangeably as a broadcast seed-sower, seed-drill, corn-planter,

corn coverer, corn cultivator, and general earth-cultivator, ashereinafter described.

In order that the nature of my invention may beclearly understood, Ishall proceed to describe the construction of devices, and theirrespective arrangements in a methodical manner. I shall describe theimplement first as a broadcast seed-sower.

In the accompanying drawing, A A designate a pair of driving-wheels,arranged on opposite sides of a main frame, which is of a tri angularshape, and consists of the side bars B and forward transverse bar B Brepresents a transverse bar or plate, secured to the under side of theframe and provided with loops 1), brackets, or their equivalentssupporting the axles b b of the wheels A A. The axles b b are alsopivoted to the plate B near its ends, and are or may be notched on theirunder sides to fit the stirrups or loops b. C designates levers pivotedto the inner ends of the axles b b and connected by means of a bentlever or bell-crank, D, which is pivoted to the upper side of the tongueD. The arm 01 of said lever extends along the tongue toward the rear endof the implement. E indicates the seedbox, supported above the frame bymeans of side standards 6. E indicates an ordinary seeding cylinder,arranged underneath the seedbox E. E designates an adjustable slideadapted to cover and ruicover the seed-openings in the bottom of theseed-box. E is a rod embracing the seed-box near its bottom part. Erepresents inclined seed-spouts, set in or secured to a transverse bar,E resting against the standards 6, and arranged so as to receive thecontents of the seed-cylinder and deposit them on the ground. F denotesa toothed wheel on the axle b and secured to the hub of the wheel A Saidtoothed wheel engages with another toothed wheel, F on one end of theseed-cylinder. G designates a number of bifurcated shovel-beams hingedto the forward end of the main frame. g indicates slotted brackets,furnished with loop shanks g, which are passed through longitudinalslots in the bar B and fastened by means of vertical pins g Each arm ofa bifurcated beam fits in the notched or slotted end of a bracket, 9.The beams G are held in place by means of horizontal rods g runningthrough the brackets g. Secured to the rear ends of the beams G are thedoubled plates G These plates are pivoted so that they may be allowed togive, and break the relieving-pins h when the shovels are obstructed. HH indicate shovelshanks or standards, pivoted to the doubled plates (3,one on either side of each plate. These shanks are kept rigid by meansof the fragile relieving-pegs h and are bent respectively toward theforward and rear ends of the implement, as shown in the drawing. On theends of said shanks are the shovels h, which along with the shanks, havea slight laterallyoblique pitch, so that they may not progress in thesame direct line one behind the other.

It will be observed that the standards e rest on removable side pieces ewhich are supported on the axles b b and the bar B and which are boltedto the latter. A designates a transverse bar, hinged to the side bars 6and operated by a lever, A A designates chains hooked to the back partof the bar A thence brought over the upper edge, and down to theshovel-beams, and attached to the pins which secure the doubled platesG2 to said beams. The bar A and chains A are designed for the purpose ofraising the beams above the ground by the pressing down of the lever A3,which turns the bar back. I designates the drivers seat, attached to theframe at its rear end. I designates collars placed on the axles b N,outside or inside the wheels A A for the purpose of keeping the wheelsin their proper positions. according to the purpose for which theimplement is applied, whether as a broadcast seed-sower, corn-planter,cultivator, or other implement.

In order to change the implement from a broadcast seed-sower to aseed-drill, I provide the devices shown in Fig. 2. In this figure Idesignates a seed-spout, having a vertical arm, 6, which has a loop onits upper end, by means of which it is hung on the rod E in front of theseeding-cylinder. I indicates a seed-drill, provided with a collar, I,encircling its upper end. This collar is furnished with arms 2' iextending respectively forward and back, as shown. To the arm i ispivoted a bifurcated beam, 2' held firmly by a relieving peg, i. Adesignates a chain attached to the arm i For the purposes of the changeI remove the beams G and their attachments, and substitute the devicesshown in Fig. 2. I attach the beams i to the brackets, which hold the shovelbeams, and connect the cords or chains i to the bar A Ihang theseed-tubes I so that the spouts E shall enter their upper ends andconvey the seeds through them to the drills. The beams i are shorterthan the beams G. The spouts I enter the drill-tubes, and the latter areallowed a vertical play adapted to the irregularities of the ground. Thedrills are raised and lowered in the same way as the shovels.

To adapt the implement to the planting of corn, I remove the seed-boxand its attachments by detaching the side bars 6 I also remove thedrill-tubes, beams 19, and bar A and then move the wheels A A as closetogether as possible, securing them in position by means of the collarson the axles, after which I attach and arrange properly the cornplantingdevices, shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In Figs. 3 and 4, L represents abed-piece bolted to the bars B, and constructed with a cylinder openingto hold a cup-cylinder, L which is journaled to said bed, and rotates atthe bottom of a hopper, L which is built on said bed, and which. has aconvex perforated bottom, L L designates a bent grain-spout attached tothe under side of the bed L, and communicating with the hopper throughthe medium of the seed-cylinder L 'When used as a cornplanter theimplement is deprived of all but I beam is attached a corn furrow-plowand cultivator, of which M represents the frame, supported in the rearby two wheels, on m. m represents a furrow shovel attached to an -shapedbeam, m which is hinged to the forward end of the frame M, and pivotedto the beam G. M designates a chain, which is attached to the end of thebeam G, or to the frame M, and also to the end of a lever, M pivoted toone end of the hopper, and used for the purpose of raising thefurrow-shovel from the ground, and for regulating the depth of thefurrow. The tube or spout L passes down between the side bars of theframe M. M indicates the coverers or ridge-teeth, attached to the frameM behind the spout L M des ignates the shaft of the cylinder L providedwith a toothed wheel, m which engages with the wheel F. The shaft M isadjustable 1ongitudinally to close and open the seed-cups, and for thispurpose is moved by means of a forked lever, N, hinged to one end of thehopper. The forked end of said lever embraces a part of the shaftgrooved to receive it.

To adapt the implement to use as a cultivator or machine for secondplowing, I arrange a number of beams, O, of gradually-increasing length,in the same manner as the beams G, and secure to their outer ends therectangular concave-faced oblique shovels P, having standards P. Idispense with all the removable elements of the corn-planter notessential to the purposes of a cultivator, and move the wheels A A asfar apart as required, keeping them in position by means of the collarsaround the axles, and by suitable linch-pins. To the end of the arm 01 Iattach a lever arm, 0?, perforated at d to render it capable of beingsecured at different points. This lever is designed to be pivoted to theupper side of the draft pole, and is used for the purpose of changingtheangles of the wheelsAA through the medium of its connections. To fit theend of the arm 01 the end of the lever may be made tube-like or flanged.

Fig. 6 represents my invention arranged as a corn-cultivator. The beamsG are employed, and all but the middle one thereof provided withshovels, as specified in the description of the seed-sower. The middlebeam I provide with a span-plow or scraper, R, which has an inclinedforward end, 0", and long converging sides or wings, v The lower edgesof these wings are runner-shaped. This scraper is made from a sheet ofmetal bent to the proper form, and constructed with a raised,double-sided or arch standard, r whichis pivoted to the beam, held rigidto it by means of a relieving peg, and suspended by an adjustable chain,S, which is retained by a pin or stud on the draft-pole. S indicates atransverse bar hinged to the bars B, and furnished with an operatinglever, T. To said bar are attached the chains A*, as shown. The scraperR is designed for use in cultivating sprouting corn, on either side 01and above which it may pass. The scraper R the middle one of theshovel-beams G. To this gathers the earth, breaking it and casting itback over its sides. The sides of said scraper allow the earth to fallback to form ridges, after the manner of cultivator-teeth.

For the purpose of adapting the implement to the cultivation of corngrown too high for the service of the scraper It, I remove the scraper,its beam, and the shovels on either side. I then secure to the beams,from which the shovels have been taken, the two concave rectangularshovels, shown in Fig. 8, one of said shovels being of the series beforedescribed, and the other, P of a similar form, but facing difl'erently.I attach or connect the beams to the bar S as before described, by meansof the chains already arranged for connection. T T indicate a pair ofbent arms or catches, secured to the bars B under the drivers seat, andintended to hold the levers by which the bars A S are operated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The frame B B wheels A A and gearwheels E, constructed substantially asdescribed, and adapted for interchangeable use, with the respectivedevices and apparatus specified and shown, and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: EMANUEL SPANGLER.

D. D. KANE, F. B. OURTIs (43)

